Bride Of Hades

Nicholas Russo was very, very, very angry at Dimitri. His enemy had outsmarted him. He had promised to give Nicholas the business deal in exchange for Aurora's freedom, yet he did not anticipate that he had something else planned. 

Dimitri always had a backup. Yes, he gave up that business deal, but in exchange, he hijacked two of Nicholas' ships, which delayed the manufacturing in his factories that lost him a ton of important deals. 

He was hatching a plan to pay Dimitri back and make him suffer when the company doctor came to see him personally. But because everybody knew that Nicholas was frustrated and was having a bad day, they blocked him from entering. 

The doctor was insistent, "I need to see him, and I am not leaving until I do."

But the PA would not budge, "Nicholas is very busy and has no time to see you right now. He will call you when he is not busy."

"It's a matter of life and death, and I need to see him right away," the doctor insisted.

The ruckus outside was too loud that it was starting to irritate Nicholas, "What is happening outside? Who is making too much noise?" He snapped.

The PA relayed the doctor's message but added that he did not think it was that important, so he would take care of it. 

"Just let him in," Nicholas said in an irritated voice.

"What is so important that you had the need to interrupt me during work hours?" he glared at the doctor.

"Sir… I.. it's important… the blood work… they match," the doctor stammered. Nicholas was always cordial and curt but never irritated when he came to see him, so he faltered a little. He had been confident before he got here, but now he was scared.

"You are not making sense, doctor. I will give you one more chance, otherwise, I will have to tell them to throw you out," Nicholas yelled. There was so much work to do, and this bumbling idiot in front of him was wasting his time.

"Uhm... I don't know where to start…," the doctor adjusted his glasses.

"Just start anywhere, you're pissing me off," Nicholas replied.

"When Ms. Aurora was here, she had that wound on her head, so we took a sample of her blood just in case she would need a transfusion," the doctor swallowed, he made this decision himself because Aurora looked like she lost a lot of blood before he was able to treat her. 

"We mixed it with the latest samples we got from your mother, so we checked them both to determine whose blood was in the vial," he wiped the sweat from his brow. Admitting his mistake may cost him his job, but this information was way more important. 

Nicholas' mother had been severely ill since the downfall of the Russo empire, they were betrayed, and she had not been able to recover from all the heartache she experienced during that time, so she was constantly under medical observation and medication.

"Are you guys stupid that you could not keep track of the things happening in that lab of yours? Why am I paying you a lot of money if you screw up like this? I should fire everyone in your team," Nicholas threatened.

"Hold on sir, I am not done. When the results came back, the samples matched a little too closely which is why I am here. I'm a little bit suspicious, and we just need another test to match them to yours then we can be sure if Aurora is really related to your family." the doctor closed.

Nicholas' face went white, and his heart fell to his gut. Aurora might be the sister they had been looking for all these years. The little baby that had been lost to them, had been standing right in front of him, and he didn't even know it.

"We… we will do the paternity test," his voice cracked. He was emotional, but the businessman in him still prevailed, he needed facts and not speculation. They will need to confirm her identity before they reveal the truth and give his parents false hope.

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The only way to get the sample was to see Aurora in person and have her give them a couple strands of her hair or a vial of her blood. And even though Dimitri had increased the security around Aurora, but he was still going to make it possible to get what he wanted. 

His men blocked her car like they did before, but this time the Santoris men were all prepared. They had a van following her full of bodyguards, and they all positioned themselves outside her car, prepared to shoot anybody who made the wrong move. 

She did not wait for anything to happen, the minute the car stopped, she dialed Dimitri's number to let him know her car had been blocked. 

Nicholas' PA came to her side of the door and told the guard that his boss just wanted to talk to Aurora. She declined his offer, saying she just wanted him to get out of her way and did not want to get taken, again. Fear and caution had rooted her to the spot, and she was not going anywhere near him ever again. Plus, she was stalling until Dimitri got there. Only he could get rid of Nicholas, and she did not want to take her chances. 

When she did not budge, Nicholas himself came out and had her guards check his whole body to make sure that he had no weapons concealed on him. 

"Aurora," Nicholas yelled through the window, "I just want to talk to you. I promise nobody is taking you by force this time," he promised.

Aurora shook her head, "Tell him no," she instructed one of her guards. She called Dimitri again to check where he was and what was taking so long.

It was getting darker and darker the more time they spent out there waiting. She just wanted to go home already, and this lunatic was blocking her way.